anaerobic

English

Alternative forms

• anaërobic

Etymology

From French anaérobie, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic. By surface analysis, an- +‎ aerobic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈɹoʊbik/

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Adjective

anaerobic (not comparable)

1. Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
2. Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
3. Of or relating to an anaerobe.

Antonyms

• aerobic

Derived terms

• anaerobically
• anaerobicidal
• anaerobicide
• anaerobicity
• semianaerobic
• thermoanaerobic

Translations

without oxygen

• Catalan: anaerobi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厌氧的 (yàn yǎng de)

• Danish: anaerob (da)
• Esperanto: neaerobia
• Finnish: anaerobinen (fi)
• French: anaérobique (fr)
• Galician: anaerobio (gl)
• German: anaerob (de)
• Greek: αναερόβιος (el) (anaeróvios)
• Hungarian: anaerob (hu)
• Irish: anaeróbach
• Italian: anaerobico (it), anaerobio (it)
• Japanese: 嫌気性
• Korean: 혐기성의 (hyeomgiseong'ui)
• Maori: hāorakore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anaerob

  Nynorsk: anaerob

• Polish: beztlenowy (pl)
• Portuguese: anaeróbico
• Romanian: anaerob (ro)
• Spanish: anaeróbico (es)
• Swedish: anaerob (sv)
• Turkish: anaerobik (tr)
• Vietnamese: kị khí (vi) (忌氣)
• Welsh: anaerobig

exercise

• Welsh: anaerobig

relating to anaerobes

• Polish: anaerobowy (pl)

Interlingua

Adjective

anaerobic (not comparable)

1. anaerobic